Improvement in clothes-pounders



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Patented Nov. 18.1879.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICEi VILLIAM N. VYLIE, OF BLACK RIVER FALLS,WISCONSIN.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLOTH ES-POUNDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 221.761, dated November1S, lell; application tiled August il, 1879.

To Il whom yit may concern:

Be it known that I, WiLLiAM N. XVYLIE, of Black River Falls, in thecounty ot' Jackson and State ot' Wisconsin, have invented certain newand useful Improvementsin Clothes- Iounders; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description oftheinvention, which will enable others skilled iu the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view, andFig. 3 is a bottom plan.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like lettersof reference.

IIhis invention relates to clothes-pounders; and it consists in certainimprovements inthe construction of' the same, which will be hereinaf'terfully described, and particularly poi nted out in the claim.

In the drawings hereto annexed, A represents the funnel-shapml body oflthe pounder, the lower end of which is closed by a plate.l l, uponwhich two or more concentric rims, C are secured. E is the handle, whichis adjusted in a tube, F, extending from an opening, (l, in the bottomplate, I, through the tunnel, and forming at the top an extension, It,for the reception of the handle.

The extension H is provided on one side with an opening, I, registeringwith a groove, J, in the handle, through which it communieates with thetube F.

The lower end or opening, G1, of tube F is closed by avalve, K, mountedupon acoil, L, termed upon a wire or rod, M, the ends ot' which aresecured to diametrieally-opposite sides ot' the outer rim, C. N is a rodsecured to rim U at right angles to rod M, and passing through the coilL upon the latter.

Vhen, in operation, the pounder is forced down upon the clothes placedin a tub for washing, the pressure closesthe valve K,there by preventingwater from entering tube Fand causing the air confined between rims U I)to be compressed, thus causing` the water to be forced ont through thefabric operated upon. Then the pounder is withdrawn the suction opensthe valve, through which air may now enter from tube F, (which, as abovestated, communicates through groove J with the open ing 1,) thuspreventing the splashing which would otherwise ensue.

The springcoil L, upon which the valve is mounted, keeps it always inposition for operation, and displacement is prevented by the rod N.ltods M N also tend, as well as the rims C D, to rub or scour theclothes, especially when a slight rotaryY motion is given to the devicein operation.

Having thus described my invention, l claim and desire to secure byLetters latent ofthe United States- The combination, in aelothespounder, of the funnel shaped body A, provided with the bottomplate, "i, rims U l), tube F, and extension II, having opening I, withthe handle E, having groove J, the valve K, mounted upon a coil, L, ot"a rod, M, secured to diumetrieallyopposite sides ot' rims U, and the rodN, se cured to rim U at right angles to rod M, and passing through thecoil L upon the latter, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto altixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM NOBLE WYLII).

Witnesses:

EDGAR LucLAm, Tnorms Roon v.

